THE SMALL SAMPLE UNCERTAINTY ASPECT IN RELATION TO BULLWHIP EFFECT MEASUREMENT
The bullwhip effect as a concept has been known for almost half a century starting with the Forrester effect. The bullwhip effect is observed in many supply chains, and it is generally accepted as a potential malice. Despite of this fact, the bullwhip effect still seems to be first and foremost a conceptual phenomenon. This paper intends primarily to investigate why this might be so and thereby investigate the various aspects, possibilities and obstacles that must be taken into account, when considering the potential practical use and measure of the bullwhip effect in order to actually get the supply chain under control. This paper will put special emphasis on the unavoidable small-sample uncertainty aspects relating to the measurement or estimation of the bullwhip effect.
Bullwhip effect bullwhip measure bullwhip drivers small sample properties
Erland Hejn Nielsen
Department of Business Studies, Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University, Fuglesangs Allé 4, DK-8210 Aarhus V, Denmark
国际会议
上海
英文
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2009-08-02（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）